ITIL gives a detailed description of a number of important IT practices with comprehensive checklists, tasks and procedures that can be tailored to any IT organization. The current move towards ISO/IEC 27001 may require some revision to the ITIL Security Management best practices which are often claimed to be rich in content for physical security but weak in areas such as software/application security and logical security in the ICT infrastructure. The processes and approaches incorporated within the guidelines suggest the development of a Continuous Service Improvement Programme (CSIP) as the basis for implementing other ITIL disciplines as projects within a controlled, programme of work.
The guide to IT service management is an important document. The goals of release management are vitally important. Asset IT Management Provider Service Planning To Implement Service Management is mainly focused on the Service Management processes, but also generically applicable to other ITIL disciplines.
The business impact analysis evaluates the what-if scenarios to consider what might happen after a disaster. The available ITSM literature has a distinct operational flavor, but also shades into software quality and architectural concerns (especially related to infrastructure, capacity, and operability), while usually steering clear of project management and actual software development.
The service level management process is in close relation with the operational processes to control their activities.